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discussed in biography

Pakula’s second directorial effort, the thriller
Klute (1971), cemented his reputation as an important director and remained one of hismost highly regarded films. Jane Fonda won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of a neurotic prostitute who, against her will, becomes emotionally involved with a reserved detective (Donald Sutherland) who is trying to...

Oscar to Fonda for best actress, 1971

Fonda’s subsequent, more-substantial roles were in such socially conscious films as
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969),
Klute (1971),
Coming Home (1978), and
The China Syndrome (1979). She received Academy Awards for best actress for her performances as a call girl in
Klute and as the wife of a Vietnam War soldier in
Coming Home. Fonda then joined...

role of Sutherland

...surgeon in the satirical war classic
M*A*S*H (1970). Another war film followed, the comedic
Kelly’s Heroes (1970). In the taut
Klute (1971) and
Don’t Look Now (1973), he played characters who develop obsessive streaks while investigating the disappearance of a friend and the death of a...